There are 1.35 million horses in theUKwith the largest proportion in the South East – where we have some 310,500 horses. The majority of these horses live a much loved and pampered life but sadly we still witness too much cruelty or suffering including many horses tethered without food or water in sub zero temperatures or searing heat, old horses left in fields in poor condition and cases of cruelty, sometimes just through ignorance.